St Francis Anglican Podcast

Father Matkin preaches about the love of God come down from heaven by telling his childhood story of the purple ping pong ball on the Second Sunday of Advent on 4 December 2022 at S. Francis Anglican Church in Dallas.   http://www.stfrancisdallas.org   Are you blessed by this ministry? Consider blessing us with your financial support. http://www.stfrancisdallas.org/?page_id=215

Father Matkin looks at other perspectives on the intermediate state among Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox Christians.   Council of Trent: http://www.thecounciloftrent.com/ch25.htm   Catechism of the Catholic Church: https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/270/   Orthodox Wiki on Purgatory: https://orthodoxwiki.org/Purgatory  On Ariel Toll...

Father Matkin looks at Professor Francis J. Hall's take on purgatory from the Anglican perspective in his series 'Dogmatic Theology.'   Dogmatic Theology, Volume 10: https://archive.org/details/dogmatictheology0000hall/page/n15/mode/2up   http://www.stfrancisdallas.org    Are you blessed by this ministry? Consider blessing us with your financial support. http://www.stfrancisdal...

Father Matkin preaches about the doctrine of the Second Coming of Christ in power and glory on this First Sunday of Advent on 27 November 2022  at S. Francis Anglican Church in Dallas.   http://www.stfrancisdallas.org   Are you blessed by this ministry? Consider blessing us with your financial support. http://www.stfrancisdallas.org/?page_id=215

Father Matkin continues analysis of the "Romish doctrine" of purgatory  condemned in the Articles of Religion, looking especially at E. J.  Bicknell's commentary on The Thirty-Nine Articles and the analysis of John Henry Newman in Tract 90 .   Bicknell's book on the Thirty-Nine Articles: https://archive.org/details/theologicalintro00bick   Newman's Tract 90: http://anglicanhist...

Father Matkin talks about the "Romish doctrine" of purgatory condemned in the Articles of Religion, looking especially at the analysis of John  Henry Newman in Tract 90 and E. J. Bicknell's commentary on The Thirty-Nine Articles.   Bicknell's book on the Thirty-Nine Articles: https://archive.org/details/theologicalintro00bick   http://www.stfrancisdallas.org    Are you ble...

Father Matkin preaches about Jesus' prophecy of the temple's destruction (and replacement) and what that means for our own endings and new  beginnings.  Sermon for the 22nd Sunday after Trinity (Proper 28) on 13  November 2022 at S. Francis Anglican Church in Dallas.   http://www.stfrancisdallas.org   Are you blessed by this ministry? Consider blessing us with your financi...

Father Matkin talks about the Anglican theology of purgatory, the intermediate state between death and the resurrection. In this episode,  we look at the prayers for the departed and what they have to teach us about the intermediate state.    http://www.stfrancisdallas.org    Are you blessed by this ministry? Consider blessing us with your financial support. http://www.stf...

Father Timothy Matkin preaches about taking back space in the public  square by being the saints God raises up as lights in a dark time.  Sermon for All Saints Sunday on 6 November 2022 at S. Francis Anglican Church in Dallas.    http://www.stfrancisdallas.org   Are you blessed by this ministry? Consider blessing us with your financial support. http://www.stfrancisdallas.o...

A lectionary Bible study for the Feast of All Saints, according to the lectionary of the 2019 Book of Common Prayer, led by Father Timothy Matkin.   http://www.stfrancisdallas.org   Are you blessed by this ministry? Consider blessing us with your financial support. http://www.stfrancisdallas.org/?page_id=215

Father Timothy Matkin preaches about being a support to faith rather than an obstacle. Be the tree that held up Zacchaeus so that he could see Jesus.  Sermon for the 20th Sunday after Trinity (Proper 26) on 30 October 2022  at S. Francis Anglican Church in Dallas.   http://www.stfrancisdallas.org   Are you blessed by this ministry? Consider blessing us with your financial suppo...

Father Matkin talks about idea of ghosts in a Christian context and evaluates if it is compatible with Catholic doctrine.    Article on ghost that mentions Dr Peter Kreeft: https://uscatholic.org/articles/201310/paranormal-activity-do-catholics-believe-in-ghosts/   St Thomas Aquinas on ghosts: https://weirdcatholic.com/2018/09/11/st-thomas-aquinas-believed-in-ghosts/   Legend o...

Father Matkin reviews some books he has read recently: A defense of  capital punishment called 'By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed'  and Timothy  Gordon's book 'The Case for Patriarchy.' He also talks a little bit  about a book he just started, Michael Youssef's 'Saving Christianity?'   By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: https://ignatius.com/by-man-shall-his-blood-be-shed-mbsp/ &...

A lectionary Bible study for the Proper 26 (Year C), according to the lectionary of the 2019 Book of Common Prayer, led by Father Timothy  Matkin.   http://www.stfrancisdallas.org   Are you blessed by this ministry? Consider blessing us with your financial support. http://www.stfrancisdallas.org/?page_id=215

Sermon for the Feast of S. James of Jerusalem on 23 October 2022 at S.  Francis Anglican Church in Dallas. Father Matkin preaches about this  important saint, a kinsman of Our Lord Jesus Christ and martyr for the faith.   http://www.stfrancisdallas.org   Are you blessed by this ministry? Consider blessing us with your financial support. http://www.stfrancisdallas.org/?page_id=2...

Father Matkin talks more about the bull 'De Defectibus' of Pope St Pius V  on how to deal with defects of celebration in the Mass during the  liturgical reforms after the Council of Trent. Today we look at paragraphs 22 through the end. What insights can we gain from these practical instructions?   Text: http://www.dailycatholic.org/defectib.htm   http://www.stfrancisdallas.org...

Father Matkin talks about the bull 'De Defectibus' of Pope St Pius V on  how to deal with defects of celebration in the Mass during the  liturgical reforms after the Council of Trent. Today we look at paragraphs 1-21. What insights can we gain from these practical  instructions?   Text: http://www.dailycatholic.org/defectib.htm   http://www.stfrancisdallas.org   Are y...

Father  Matkin preaches about the need for persistence in prayer and every other  facet of Christian living in his sermon for the 18th Sunday after Trinity (Proper  24) on 15 October 2022 at S. Francis Anglican Church in Dallas.   http://www.stfrancisdallas.org   Are you blessed by this ministry? Consider blessing us with your financial support. http://www.stfrancisdallas....

Father Matkin does a show and tell of some of the Anglican altar service books that have been used over the years.   The (original) Anglican Missal https://archive.org/details/anglicanmissal00churuoft   http://www.stfrancisdallas.org   Are you blessed by this ministry? Consider blessing us with your financial support. http://www.stfrancisdallas.org/?page_id=215   Matins #007, r...

Father Timothy Matkin's sermon for the titular festival of the parish on  9 October 2022 at S. Francis Anglican Church in Dallas. Father Matkin preaches about the meaning of blessing and Francis' blessing of Brother Leo.    http://www.stfrancisdallas.org   Are you blessed by this ministry? Consider blessing us with your financial support. http://www.stfrancisdallas.org/?page_id...

On this feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, we revisit Father Timothy Matkin's sermon on the feast of the Assumption of the blessed Virgin Mary, 15 August 2021 at S. Francis Anglican Church in Dallas. http://www.stfrancisdallas.org

A lectionary Bible study for the feast of St Francis of Assisi (the parish's Feast of Title) led by Father Timothy Matkin.  http://www.stfrancisdallas.org   Are you blessed by this ministry? Consider blessing us with your financial support. http://www.stfrancisdallas.org/?page_id=215

Father Matkin talks about some of the ceremonies of ordination. Litany,  laying on of hands, anointing of palms, and delivery of instruments.  Have a listen.   http://www.stfrancisdallas.org    Are you blessed by this ministry? Consider blessing us with your financial support. http://www.stfrancisdallas.org/?page_id=215   Matins #005, recorded on 4 October 2022

Father Timothy Matkin's sermon for the 16th Sunday after Trinity (Proper  22) on 2 October 2022 at S. Francis Anglican Church in Dallas. Father Matkin preaches about the apostles' request for Jesus to increase their  faith and what that means for our own.    http://www.stfrancisdallas.org   Are you blessed by this ministry? Consider blessing us with your financial support....

Father Matkin gives an overview of the doctrine about angels from Holy Scripture and Catholic tradition and tells his own possible angel story on Michaelmas, the feast of St Michael and All Angels.   http://www.stfrancisdallas.org    Are you blessed by this ministry? Consider blessing us with your financial support. http://www.stfrancisdallas.org/?page_id=215   Matins #005, rec...